A London social worker makes a routine home visit only to discover her client, Michelle Doyce, serving afternoon tea to a decomposing corpse. With no clues as to the man's identity, Chief Inspector Karlsson calls upon psychotherapist Frieda Klein for help. When she discovers that the body belongs to con man Robert Poole, Frieda can't shake the feeling that the past isn't done with her yet. Did someone kill Poole to draw her into the investigation?